Song Of The Day: May 29, 2018

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My oldest daughter’s getting married this weekend. No treacly wedding songs, please. But, if you’ve got some contenders, send ’em my way.  Here’s the Heavyweight Champeen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoDPPgWbfXY

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  1. Paul says:
    May 29, 2018 at 8:09 am

    Peter Yarrow- The Wedding Song

  2. El Somnambulo says:
    May 29, 2018 at 9:47 am

    No offense, but that’s a treacly wedding song. Maybe most wedding songs, by definition, are treacly. I’ve got one more, then I’m done.

  3. RE Vanella says:
    May 29, 2018 at 9:56 am

    Billy Idol – White Wedding

  4. El Somnambulo says:
    May 29, 2018 at 9:58 am

    Thanks. That makes it two more…

  5. RE Vanella says:
    May 29, 2018 at 10:24 am

    Not sentimental, anyway.

  6. the old prospector says:
    May 29, 2018 at 10:39 am

    Two versions of an uptempo doo-wop classic. Totally silly story which includes a monkey and the Milwaukee Braves. The Eternals’ version is the original, Billy & The Essentials’ cover is more danceable:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADAoLp_VxfM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMc_o0Xy5rQ

  7. Paul says:
    May 29, 2018 at 10:42 am

    El som perhaps our differences are generational. Your treacle is my “from the heart”. I suppose I could take offense, but i’m too well medicated for that. We played this song at our wedding 46 years ago, and still going strong. For what it is worth…

  8. Arthur says:
    May 29, 2018 at 10:44 am

    I usually recommend Buckcherry’s Crazy Bitch so everyone knows exactly why you’re marrying the girl

  9. Brian says:
    May 29, 2018 at 10:56 am

    Lyle Lovett said that he plays Towne’s song If I Needed You when he is asked to play at a wedding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nGRDexmDaM

  10. El Somnambulo says:
    May 29, 2018 at 11:11 am

    I apologize, Paul. Pretty much everybody’s ‘our song’ is sentimental. Just looking for songs to post that aren’t sentimental. There will be plenty of sentiment on Saturday. Perhaps even some treacle.

  11. Paul says:
    May 29, 2018 at 11:44 am

    S’all A OK

  12. Mike Dinsmore says:
    May 29, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    @Paul:

    It’s Paul Stookey’s song, not Peter Yarrow’s. Close, though!

    @El Somnambulo: “Another One Bites the Dust”

    Congratulations, BTW!

  13. Alby says:
    May 29, 2018 at 12:17 pm

    FWIW, Paul Stookey never took any royalties from the Wedding Song. He claims he didn’t write it, that he was simply the vehicle for a Higher Power who sort of dictated it to him. The royalties go to a charity he set up, the Public Domain Foundation, which has raised more than $2 million.

    Treacly means “excessively sentimental.” By all means, let’s have someone explain what is “excessive” about that song. It’s a very simple melody and the lyrics stress humility.

    “Sentimental” means (of a work of literature, music, or art) dealing with feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way. Again, please identify for me the exaggerated or self-indulgent passages in the song.

    Thanks in advance.

  14. Alby says:
    May 29, 2018 at 12:20 pm

    My choice is a little bit o’ white soul (written by Edwin Starr): “Oh How Happy” by Shades of Blue.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF5m59gy1P8

  15. El Somnambulo says:
    May 29, 2018 at 12:35 pm

    Thanks! Got a week’s worth of songs easy now. The old prospector will get first crack tom’w.

  16. Mike Dinsmore says:
    May 29, 2018 at 1:05 pm

    @Brian:

    I’d go with the Don Williams/Emmy Lou Harris version of “If I Needed You.”

    Although Lyle’s version is a close second. Also, he remembered poor Loop and Lil. They’ve been forgotten by just about everyone who has recorded that song.

    Thanks for remembering Townes.

    Mike

  17. Paul says:
    May 29, 2018 at 1:38 pm

    Thank you, Mike Dinsmore.

  18. Mike Dinsmore says:
    May 29, 2018 at 2:00 pm

    @Paul

    Small world. We played Paul Stookey’s song at our wedding 45 years ago, and also still going strong. Although we did also play MacArthur Park…

    Mike

  19. Liberal Elite says:
    May 29, 2018 at 3:25 pm

    Best Father-Daughter dance song

    David Bowie – As The World Falls Down
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvLnPO9t4Wg
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VppuD1St8Ec

  20. waterpirate says:
    May 29, 2018 at 7:17 pm

    Yea! Chuck Berry. The rest…. I always wish the happy couple congratulations and condolences. Only they can sort out which one it will be, or at times both.

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